Amazon launches Prime Video with 9 original titles from India
Includes original titles from India; American e-commerce giant will make service available in India at Rs 499 yearly, for now, compared to Netflix's starting price of Rs 500 a month American e-commerce giant Amazon Prime announced the launch of its Prime Video service in India, after a year of preparation. It will be available at Rs 499 a year as an introductory offer, and includes a month's free trial. The content library has a range of Hollywood and other international movies and TV shows. With this, Amazon Prime has announced the launch of nine Indian original shows, making it the largest Indian original line-up on an OTT (over-therop, meaning delivery of media service over the internet without a multi system operator deciding content) platform. "After the US and Japan, India is a focus market in terms of content creation. While preparing for the launch, we realised that while there is an appetite for international library and original content (already ava...